Paleontology
Paleontology

A giant tortoise
The largest freshwater turtle that ever existed, possibly the largest of all turtles, lived between 13.8 million and 5.3 million years ago in South America, inhabiting a larger area than previously thought
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Paleontology

The predator with voracious jaws
A fossil discovered in Rio Grande do Sul is the best-preserved representative of the herrerasauridae, one of the first strains of carnivorous dinosaur
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Paleontology

Tuatara fossil discovered in Rio Grande do Sul
The oldest specimen of a sphenodon in the southern hemisphere has been found in the municipality of Candelária, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul
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A landscape in an egg
A group led by paleontologist Sérgio Alex Azevedo, from the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, was able to identify the fossil by analyzing its microstructure
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Evolution

A 42-million-year-old whale with legs
Its limbs were well adapted to swimming and were not suited to moving across land
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The day the dinosaurs died
A discovery is helping researchers understand the events that followed the huge meteorite impact that hit Earth 65 million years ago
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Dinosaurs probably originated in Southern Brazil
Paleontologists talk about characteristics and origins of dinos | 10'59"
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225-million-year-old long-necked dinosaurs
The fossils of three specimens of a new genus and species of herbivorous dinosaur have been found in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
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Paleontology

The gregarious habits of an herbivorous reptile
Researchers from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul found an assemblage of fossils from at least six different Dinodontosaurus individuals
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PALEONTOLOGY

Fossils on the move
3D reconstructions highlight new characteristics of crocodiles and dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago in Brazil
By Diego Freire
Photolab

Brazil’s National Museum in Quinta da Boa Vista
Brazil’s National Museum in Quinta da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro September 3, 2018
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Paleontology

Evidence of the union of two supercontinents
Calcareous rocks in the northeastern state of Maranhão contain fossil records of the oldest plant groups in Brazil
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Paleontology

Rare dinosaur sold for €1.13 million
An auction lead to a discussion about the recent trend of treating fossils as works of art
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Paleontology

The first beaked bird
A bird that lived between 95 million and 84 million years ago is helping scientists learn how the beak evolved
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paleontology

Fossils on the move
3D reconstructions highlight new characteristics of dinosaurs
By Diego Freire
PALEOBIOLOGY

More than met the eye
Fossilized burrows suggest complex organisms arose before the Cambrian